Core I Part I

As a baby born into a rapidly changing technological era, I've had no choice but to accept these changes and make the most of them. My first memories of familiarization with technology are of the family television and subsequently my brothers' video game systems. I became an "ace" with these kinds at a very young age, due to the many focused hours I spent. My mother first introduced to me the computer by means of educational computer games. Eventually, around age six or seven, I began to grow acquainted with the world wide web and its many nuances and fantasies - something I had not realized would play such a major role in my life in years to come.

By the time I reached middle school, I was introduced to functional programs like excel, word and power-point. I also began to spend chunks of time on AOL Instant Messenger. The video camera soon became an expertise of mine as well as I had a great deal of fun recording and editing home videos. To this day, I have not become relatively very technologically savvy. Over the course of high school, I have mastered a few more technologies which mostly correspond to my soaring interest in music. I learned a decent bit about mixing and recording music which still is to my advantage today. This is a general skill that is not limited to specific software or programs but is across the board applicable from a musician's standpoint.

On the computerized end of things, there is a semi-short list of programs I would like to familiarize myself with. Sonar/Cakewalk is some renowned recording software that I would really like to have at my disposal as a tool musically. Garage-band on the Mac is a very basic recording program that I have a partial understanding of but would like to look into more. Speaking of the Mac, I really need to get 'in-the-know' with its interface in all of its "user-friendliness." Being a PC user for fourteen or so years won't make for an easy transition, but it is one which is necessary with all the Mac's prominence. Photoshop and Moviemaker are two additional programs I would benefit from mastering, for both practical and enjoyable reasons.